
Navigating the Impact: Narrowing Air Corridors
The closure of Niger’s airspace earlier this month has further narrowed the corridors available to airline operations. On 7th August 2023, the military junta in
Our extensive human fatigue research experience helps you assess and manage your risks.
Our targeted research helps organisations to understand the fatigue drivers that influence human performance in their environment. In addition to the unpublished results of proprietary studies, our comprehensive understanding of human fatigue, circadian rhythms and cognitive performance is captured in over 100 peer-reviewed publications.
Our research also includes the safe use of medication in aircrew, the effect of altitude on sleep and breathing and the degradation of sleep associated with in-flight rest.
We have undertaken research projects across many safety-critical industries, with a particular deep specialism in aviation and rail. We have worked with UK CAA, EASA, NASA, European Business Aviation Association, UK Ministry of Defence, London Underground, NHS and UK Government Health & Safety Executive, Rail Safety and Standards Board, rail and aviation regulators, unions and many operators.
We also collaborate with many UK and international universities.
Identifying and measuring the fatigue hazards in the operations based on scientific principles to assist with risk management.
Investigation of fatigue profiles in aviation operations including short haul through to ultra-long-haul; business jets; cargo; helicopters; air traffic control as well as rail and other industries.
Our biomathematical models are built from one of the world’s largest and growing datasets accumulated from our research since the 1970s.
We have undertaken research to support specific types of operations in aviation, including ultra-long-haul duties in passenger aviation, and the nature of fatigue in business jets and helicopter Search and Rescue operations.
Amongst other research studies, we have studied the fatigue experienced by locomotive drivers and signallers, in collaboration with UK Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB).
We have an ongoing research programme including evaluating the use of our models and approach in the health and other industries.
The closure of Niger’s airspace earlier this month has further narrowed the corridors available to airline operations. On 7th August 2023, the military junta in
Fatigue is generally considered to be a decline in mental and/or physical performance that results from long hours of work, sleep loss and/or disruption of